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Ministry of Railways
BHADRAK-NAYAGARH TOWN-BHADRAK MEMU TRAIN FLAGGED OFF
Hon’ble Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and Hon’ble Union Minister of Railways, Communication and Electronics & Information Technology Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off the train at Cuttack Railway Station
Cuttack Railway Station to be redeveloped as World Class Station
Rupees 303 Crores sanctioned for redevelopment of Cuttack Station
Bhadrak-Nayagarh Town MEMU will fill up the aspirations of the people for direct link connecting Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.
Hon’ble Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and Hon’ble Union Minister of Railways, Communication and Electronics & Information Technology Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off of the inaugural run of Bhadrak-Nayagarh Town-Bhadrak MEMU at Cuttack Railway Station, today, i.e., on Sriram Navami Day. On the inaugural Day, this train left Cuttack Station towards Bhadrak. However, the regular service will commence from 31st March 2023.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Vaishnaw informed that, direct train link between Bhadrak and Nayagarh District and connecting five districts of the State via important towns like Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack will fulfill the aspirations of the public. Informing the public, Shri Vaishnaw also said that, this was a long pending public demand of the people of both Bhadrak and Nayagarh Districts and was earlier announced to provide a new train from Bhadrak towards Bhubaneswar during the foundation stone laying ceremony of Redevelopment of Bhubaneswar Railway Station, in near past. This has now been fulfilled.
Apart from this, Shri Vaishnaw said that Cuttack Railway Station will be redeveloped as World Class Station and Rupees 303 Crores have been sanctioned for the redevelopment work. Shri Vaishnaw also said that, this year, Railways have constructed 400 Kms of Rail Line in the State this year which is a record. Earlier, in 2009-14, a mere 50Kms approx was being constructed annually.
Gracing the occasion, Hon’ble Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan said that it was a commitment of Railway Ministry under the leadership of Shri Vaishnaw to fulfil the public aspirations of this region and here is the result showing the fulfilment.
Shri Vaishnaw released Postal Stamp on Legends of Odisha at Ravenshaw University along with Union Minister Shri Pradhan. Hon’ble MLAS Md Mouqim and Suraj Suryavanshi was also present on the occasion at the Cuttack station.
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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
The government has introduced 20 new disciplines for Central Government Jobs under sports quota: Shri Kiren Rijiju
Government has recently introduced 20 new disciplines for Central Government jobs under the sports quota. The details of the newly introduced/included 20 sports disciplines for Central Government jobs under sports quota are given below:
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The recruitment of meritorious sportspersons under sports quota is done as per the guidelines issued by the Department of Personnel & Training from time to time and it is applicable to only Central Government Ministries/Departments. “Sports” being State subject, these instructions are not binding for State Governments.
The Department of Personnel & Training in consultation with the Department of Sports, vide its OM dated 01st September, 2020 has included Mallakhamb, Tug of War and Roll Ball for appointment of meritorious sportspersons under sports quota in newly introduced 20 sports disciplines.
This information was given by Union Minister of State  for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Finance
Exchange Rate Notification No.105/2020 - Customs 
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 , and in supersession of the Notification No.99/2020-Customs, dated 15th October, 2020 except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes andCustoms hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies specified in column  of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto, into Indian currency or vice versa, shall, with effect from 6th November, 2020, be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column  thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods.
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Ministry of Defence
Fourth Submarine Of Project-75 ‘INS Vela’ Commissioned At Naval Dockyard, Mumbai
: Mumbai, November 25, 2021
- Another major milestone for Indian Navy’s Project 75 and Make in India initiative
- INS Vela would form part of the Western Naval Command
- The submarine has advanced stealth features and long range guided torpedoes as well as anti-ship missiles
INS Vela, the fourth submarine in the series of six submarines of Project-75, was commissioned on 25 Nov 21 in the presence of Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of the Naval Staff. The formal commissioning ceremony took place at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. The Scorpene Class submarines are being built in India by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited  Mumbai, under collaboration with M/s Naval Group , France. The commissioning of the 4th in class submarine is a major milestone achieved today. INS Vela would form part of the Western Naval Command’s Submarine fleet and would be another potent part of its arsenal.
Member of Parliament Shri Arvind Sawant, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chairman & Managing Director, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Vice Admiral Narayan Prasad  and other senior civil & military officials of Ministry of Defence were present during the commissioning ceremony of INS Vela. Crew of the erstwhile ‘Vela’, a Russian origin Foxtrot Class Submarine, which was decommissioned in 2009, were also present amongst the guests on this occasion.
The Scorpene submarines are extremely potent platforms, they have advanced stealth features and are also equipped with both long range guided torpedoes as well as anti-ship missiles. These submarines have a state of the art SONAR and sensor suite permitting outstanding operational capabilities. They also have an advanced Permanent Magnetic Synchronous motor  as its propulsion motor.
The delivery of Vela is yet another affirmation of the impetus being given by the Indian Navy towards consolidating its position as a ‘Builder’s Navy’ as also indicative of MDL’s capabilities as a premier ship and submarine building yard. The commissioning of the submarine is coinciding with ‘Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ and ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh’ celebrations.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah hails Union Cabinet decisions, terms them “landmark”
“Today’s decisions are yet another manifestation of Modi Government's commitment towards self-reliance, welfare of poor and strengthening the economy in these challenging times”: Shri Amit Shah
Union Home Minister said “Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund worth Rs 15000 Cr is another step towards Atmanirbhar Bharat; gives enormous boost to dairy sector and will lead to surge in employment”
“IN-SPACe is a historic reform that will unlock India's true space potential”: Shri Amit Shah
Union Home Minister said “2% interest subsidy to Shishu loan borrowers under Mudra Yojana would provide huge relief to small businesses”
Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah hailed the decisions of Union Cabinet today as “landmark”. Congratulating Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, he said “these decisions are yet another manifestation of Modi Government's commitment towards self-reliance, welfare of poor and strengthening the economy in these challenging times.”
Lauding approval of the Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund worth ₹15,000 crore, Shri Amit Shah said “it will further strengthen Modi Government's efforts towards Atmanirbhar Bharat”. “This enormous boost to the dairy sector will surely surge employment and increase milk productivity and exports,” he said.
Welcoming private sector participation in Space activities, Shri Amit Shah said “this historic reform will unlock India's true space potential. IN-SPACe will accelerate growth of the space sector by promoting and guiding private industries in space activities.”
Union Home Minister said “Another major decision has been taken to provide huge relief to small businesses which have been adversely affected by Covid”. “To alleviate financial stress of Shishu loan borrowers under Mudra Yojana, Modi Cabinet has approved 2% interest subsidy for a period of 12 months for eligible borrowers,” he said.
Commenting on the Ordinance approved in Banking sector by the Modi Cabinet, Shri Amit Shah said “It will bring 1,482 Urban Cooperative and 58 Multi-State Cooperative Banks under the supervision of RBI”. “This will give an assurance to the bank depositors & boost their trust in the formal banking system by protecting their hard-earned money,” he said.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Government is trying to ensure targeted delivery of ICDS Services with the help of Aadhaar
Out of total 12,29,58,749 children in the country below the age of five years , 5,33,07,933 children  have been assigned Aadhaar numbers [as on 15th December, 2017] as per the data released by UIDAI.
The Integrated Child Development Service  scheme is a universal self-selecting Scheme and the services are available to all children upto Six years of age who are enrolled at Anganwadi Centres. In order to curb leakages and bring transparency in ICDS delivery system, Government have introduced targeted delivery of the benefits and services using Aadhaar as the primary identifier of the beneficiaries.
As per the existing system, the Supplementary Nutrition in the form of Take Home Ration, Morning Snacks and Hot Cooked Meals to the respective beneficiaries under the Anganwadi Services is served.
This information was given by Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Dr. Virendra Kumar in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on the occasion Rath Yatra
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people on the occasion of Rath Yatra.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "Greetings to everyone on the special occasion of the Rath Yatra. We bow to Lord Jagannath and pray that his blessings bring good health and prosperity in everyone’s lives. Jai Jagannath!"
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Water Testing Laboratories
As reported by States/UTs, as on date, there are 2,022 drinking water quality testing laboratories at different levels viz. State, District, sub-division and/ or block level in the country. State-wise details of drinking water quality testing laboratories is Annexed.
Since August, 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission  – Har Ghar Jal to make provision of potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on regular & long-term basis to every rural household in the country by 2024.
Drinking Water being a State subject, it is States who plan, design, approve and implement drinking water supply schemes and set up drinking water quality testing laboratories.
Under JJM, States/ UTs can utilize upto 2% of their annual allocation of funds under JJM for Water Quality Monitoring & Surveillance  activities inter alia which includes setting up and strengthening of water quality testing laboratories, procurement of equipment, instruments, chemicals, glassware, consumables, hiring of skilled manpower, surveillance by community using field test kits , awareness generation, educational programmes on water quality, accreditation/ recognition of laboratories, etc.
All States/ UTs have been advised to review the existing network of drinking water quality testing laboratories in the State and to strengthen it by setting up/ exploring Public-Private Partnership for additional labs at regional level, district level and block/ sub-division level in the State.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Education
Setting up of Schools under PM SHRI Scheme
The Cabinet has approved a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme named Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India  on 7th September, 2022. These schools will showcase the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 and emerge as exemplar schools over a period of time, and also offer leadership to other schools in the neighbourhood. They will provide leadership in their respective regions in providing high-quality education in an equitable, inclusive and joyful school environment that takes care of the diverse background, multilingual needs, and different academic abilities of children and makes them active participants in their own learning process as per the vision of NEP 2020.
Under the scheme there is a provision of setting up of more than 14500 PM SHRI Schools by strengthening the existing schools from amongst schools managed by Central government/State/UT Government/local bodies. As the schools would be selected through challenge method, there would not be any predefined state/UT-wise break-up of schools. Maximum two schools  would be selected per block/ULB with upper limit of number of total schools across India.
The duration of scheme is from 2022-23 to 2026-27; after which it shall be the responsibility of the States/UTs to continue to maintain the benchmarks achieved by these schools. The total cost of the project will be Rs 27360 crore spread over a period of 5 years which includes central share of Rs 18128 crore.
Education is in the concurrent list of Constitution of India and an admission criterion in schools is determined by respective State/UT Government.
The information was given by the Minister of State for Education, Smt. Annpurna Devi in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Policy for Removal of Non-Performing Civil Servants
The provisions under Fundamental Rules  56, Rule 48 of Central Civil Services   Rule, 1972 and Rule, 16  of All India Services  [AIS ] Rules, 1958 have laid down the policy of periodic review and premature retirement of non-performing Government servants.
Up to January, 2018, a total of 21,195 Group ‘A’ and 47,039 Group ‘B’ officers have been reviewed, out of which provisions of FR 56 and relevant rules were invoked/recommended against 83 Group ‘A’ and 128 Group ‘B’ officers, including 15 officers of All India Services.
This was stated by the Union Minister of State  of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh, in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Union Commerce & Industry Minister Shri Suresh Prabhu inaugurates FIEO Ahmedabad office
Each district must grow to achieve double-digit growth of Indian Economy: Shri Suresh Prabhu
Shri Prabhu addresses the International Conference for CA student
Union Civil aviation minister inspects the Ahmedabad airport
Union Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation Minister Shri Suresh Prabhu today inaugurated a new office of Federation of Indian Export Organizations  in Ahmedabad. He said that as Gujarat is a hub for entrepreneurs & business, the FIEO office here aims to support the industrial & entrepreneurial growth which will bring us closer to our aim of USD 5 trillion economy in next 7-8 years.
While addressing the exporters, Shri Prabhu said that if India wants to achieve double-digit growth then every district must contribute in the growth story. “We have to adopt bottom-up concept and ensure that every district’s growth must be increased by 3 to 4 % than its current growth rate.”, He added. He emphasized that district-level growth and ease of doing business are their focus area.
The Minister said that the government is ensuring the bank credit for exporters and addressing the GST issues. Shri Prabhu stressed upon promoting the merchant export as it is linked with small-scale industries. The minister said despite the challenging time in global trade, India’s exports are growing. The minister also highlighted the efforts of the government in promoting exports in all the sectors.
Later in the day, the minister addressed the international conference of Charted Accountant students. Shri Prabhu asked the CA students to prepare themselves to tackle any kind of unknown situations arising in the changing business scenario. He also appealed the students to bring in a qualitative change in themselves to be more professional in the career.
Earlier in the day, the Civil Aviation Minister inspected the Ahmedabad Airport and praised the artwork representing Indian culture and tradition displayed at the airport. He also lauded the cleanliness efforts at the airport.
The Minister met H.E. Mr. Adnan Abu Alhaijaa, the Ambassador of Palestine to India today at the airport and had a brief interaction about the trade relations of both the countries. He also exchanged greetings with H.E. Mr. Nejmeddine Lakhal, Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia at the Ahmedabad airport.
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Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Integrated Refinery-Cum-Petrochemical Complex at Ratnagiri
: New Delhi/Mumbai, March 10, 2021
The Oil PSUs, namely Indian Oil Corporation Limited , Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited  and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited  have decided to set up an integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical complex having refining capacity of 60 MMTPA  at Babulwadi in Rajapur Taluka of Ratnagiri District in Maharashtra. The proposed Refinery site had been identified by the three PSUs in consultation with the Government of Maharashtra. However, the State Government vide Notification dated 02.03.2019 has withdrawn the earlier Notification dated 18.05.2017 for acquisition of land for the refinery-cum-petrochemical project.
The Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited  has conducted awareness campaign through print and electronic media as well as door to door campaign to impress upon the local population about the benefits of the project as well as to dispel misconception about adverse environment impact by setting up the refinery.
This information was tabled in a written reply by Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan to a question asked by Shri Hishey Lachungpa in Rajya Sabha Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
PRESENTATION OF BEST MARCHING CONTINGENT TROPHY AT RDP 22
Adm R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff presented the Best Marching Contingent Trophy for Republic Day Parade- 2022 to personnel of the Naval Contingent on 31 Mar 22.
Whilst a joint winner with the IAF 2013, this is the first time that the Indian Navy contingent has been adjudged as the winner by a panel of judges comprising of senior retired officers from each of the three Services.
The contingent was led by Lt Cdr Aanchal Sharma with Lt Shubham Sharma, SLt Suryakant and SLt Avantika as platoon commanders and comprised of 96 young sailors. The composite Naval Band of 72 personnel was led by Vincent Johnson MCPO I Musician .
The trophy was received by the Contingent Commanders and Gunnery Instructors in presence of CO, INS India and CO, INS Chilka who were instrumental in training of the contingent.
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Ministry of Defence
DEFENCE EXPORTS
Department of Defence Production issues authorisation for export of Munitions List items covered in Category 6 of Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technologies . The major defence equipment exported during last 05 years include Weapon Simulators, Tear Gas Launcher, Torpedo Loading Mechanism, Alarm Monitoring & Control, Night Vision Monocular & Binocular, Light Weight Torpedo & Fire Control Systems, Armoured Protection Vehicle, Weapons Locating Radar, HF Radio, Coastal Surveillance Radar etc. At present, the exports are being made to more than 80 countries all over the world. Names of the countries cannot be divulged due to strategic reasons. The details of export value during the last five years is as under:

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9,116
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8,435
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12,815
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13,399
Government has taken various steps to improve Indian defence products and make them competitive globally as follows:
· The Government has given focus on indigenisation of various defence items to achieve ‘Aatmanirbharta’. The indigenised items made from local resources become globally cost competitive and it also facilitates integration of MSMEs in global supply chain.
· The new technologies developed by DRDO are transferred to the industries regularly without any fees. Industries have been provided free excess to DRDO patents.
· DRDO conducts Niche Technology Demonstrations by engaging industries. This provides a dual benefit by assisting industries with user inputs for product improvement and for self-testing and evaluation of their products in field conditions.
· Test facilities of MoD establishment have been opened up to the industries for testing.
· To foster innovation and technology development in Defence by engaging Industries including MSMEs, start-ups, Individual Innovators, R&D institutes and Academia, iDEX  was launched. iDEX provides grants/funding and other support to carry out innovations/R&D. So far, 287 problems have been opened, 345 start-ups have been engaged, 208 contracts have been signed.
· Technology Development Fund  scheme has been launched to encourage participation of public/private industries especially Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises /start-ups and to promote Self- Reliance in Defence Technology by design and development of technologies, indigenisation of imported systems/components and new systems. This year, TDF grant is enhanced to up to Rs 50 crore per project from Rs 10 crore.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri Tiruchi Siva in Rajya Sabha today.